It's official. This week marks week 1 of the great weight loss adventure! I've been copying recipes out of "Hungry Girl" & counting calories and water in take like a mad woman. I spent an hour in the kitchen cutting up vegetables to stuff in mason jars; this way, they are on hand, already prepped and ready for snacking or cooking. Along with all of this came a shocking surprise: Last night, after preparing a salad and sitting down to eat, my husband voiced a comment that made my heart happy; He said, "This is really good. Ya' know, I'm actually excited about this whole weight loss thing. Hungry Girl feeds hungry guys too!". I swear I about had a heart attack! Never in my life did I expect to hear him utter anything close to those words. And for him to actually LIKE the food I've been preparing?! Just....WOW. It was a total confidence booster. Nothing quite like having a true partner on board for the whole weight loss thing!
That's the good news. The bad? I haven't been sleeping, so there hasn't been any exercise in my life this week, like there should be. I'm so exhausted you guys! Even taking my ambien hasn't helped! I don't know what's going on with this! Maybe I just need to force my body into a state of over exhaustion and just stay up for 24 hours so that I pass out tomorrow? I don't know what to do!!!
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Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
A Shocking Development
Last night was the first evening I've cooked dinner in a few weeks (-_- I fail so hard at being a house wife sometimes) what with being on vacation and having little to no motivation. Yesterday was ALSO the first official day of my new diet. So I decided to crack open a "Hungry Girl" cookbook and set to work...
And you know what? The meal turned out REALLY well. Like...I wanted to make it again today. What I made was the "Cheesy Burger Skillet", except I ended up replacing the meatless burger with turkey burger, because our commissary isn't too well stocked on healthy options (and they wonder why their soldiers are overweight...). The meal was a whopping 439 calories. That's right. Less than 500 calories. I had enough leftover to go and eat ice cream! YAY!
Today is another day, though, and I find myself struggling. I'm so hungry...I want to eat everything, and sadly there isn't much in the house that won't put me over my calorie allotment. I need NOMS. >_<
And you know what? The meal turned out REALLY well. Like...I wanted to make it again today. What I made was the "Cheesy Burger Skillet", except I ended up replacing the meatless burger with turkey burger, because our commissary isn't too well stocked on healthy options (and they wonder why their soldiers are overweight...). The meal was a whopping 439 calories. That's right. Less than 500 calories. I had enough leftover to go and eat ice cream! YAY!
Today is another day, though, and I find myself struggling. I'm so hungry...I want to eat everything, and sadly there isn't much in the house that won't put me over my calorie allotment. I need NOMS. >_<
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Back =)
It's so weird....I feel like my personality has done a bit of a 180 since vacation. I'm happy...HAPPY. That's so freakin' weird for me to be able to say. Without the help of medications, I actually feel BETTER. I really hope this isn't just an episode....that it lasts =)
Tuesday, I attended a pre-diabetes clinic. The instructors and group were all very nice; almost everyone has some serious age on me though! As of now, I'm on a 1200 calorie diet to see if I can't get some of this weight off. I'm five foot six and 172 pounds.... ( . ) ) . ( I'm going to start trying to cook more, so there are bound to be more recipes here soon!
In other news, the husband and I were able to purchase a California King pillow top mattress, waterproof pillowtop cover, bed frame and boxspring for right at 500$. The bed is less than 2 1/2 years old. It's AMAZING. SO big and comfy. It's so easy to fall asleep!
=D Time for me to get off here (for now). I need to tidy the house then wake the husband up and take him back to work. I've got therapy today...and I'm probably in a bit of trouble because I didn't do any of my homework....O_0 Whoops.
Tuesday, I attended a pre-diabetes clinic. The instructors and group were all very nice; almost everyone has some serious age on me though! As of now, I'm on a 1200 calorie diet to see if I can't get some of this weight off. I'm five foot six and 172 pounds.... ( . ) ) . ( I'm going to start trying to cook more, so there are bound to be more recipes here soon!
In other news, the husband and I were able to purchase a California King pillow top mattress, waterproof pillowtop cover, bed frame and boxspring for right at 500$. The bed is less than 2 1/2 years old. It's AMAZING. SO big and comfy. It's so easy to fall asleep!
=D Time for me to get off here (for now). I need to tidy the house then wake the husband up and take him back to work. I've got therapy today...and I'm probably in a bit of trouble because I didn't do any of my homework....O_0 Whoops.
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